Hezbollah warns against repercussions of Syria strike ‎

Hezbollah has strongly warned of negative impacts on regional and international stability if the U-S moves to strike Syria. This is the first response by the movement amid the ongoing U-S congressional debate on launching a strike against Damascus. Ali Rizk has this report.

Hezbollah’s reaction to a possible US military strike on Syria. One of the fundamental questions being asked ever since Washington announced its intention to take military action. The resistance movement has now issued its first stance on the issue. After a meeting for Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, the organization made it clear that any strike on Syria is categorically rejected whatever be the scale of such a strike.
During the congressional hearings on Syria , the issue of Hezbollah’s reaction has been one of the most frequent issues brought up by US lawmakers. Hezbollah, along with Iran and Russia are considered the main allies of Syria and all three have warned against US intervention. But it is Hezbollah which played a role on the Syrian battlefield, helping the Syrian army liberate the strategic city of Qusayr near Lebanon’s border. Hezbollah is also viewed as the most likely to retaliate against Washington close ally Israel. But some say that whatever be the warnings and the dangers, there now appears to be no escape from some form of US military action.
A prevailing conviction is that any response would vary according to the scale of the attack. If military action is limited, then it is argued that Hezbollah could respond by increasing its military support for the Syrian government against the armed groups.
But US strategy appears to be vague. While president Barak Obama has spoken of limited action there is now talk from the Pentagon about a more expanded military campaign. Such a strategy could increase the dangers of repercussions that Hezbollah has warned of.
Hezbollah views the Syrian crisis through the spectrum of its rivalry with Israel. Its support for the government stems from a belief that the fall of president Bashar Assad would be a boost for Israel and a blow to the anti Israeli resistance axis, a belief confirmed by Israeli statements. And so a US strike on Syria could then be viewed as a strike against Hezbollah and the resistance axis, leaving all options on the table regarding the retaliation